A feminine grizzly bear attacked 35-year-old Shayne Patrick final month whereas he was on his honeymoon in Grand Teton Nationwide Park. Patrick unknowingly got here between the cub and its mom, and within the break up second he had earlier than the bear took him down, he knew he was in hassle. Although he couldn’t deploy his bear spray in time, it nonetheless managed to save lots of his life.
In an interview with ABC Information affiliate WPVI, Patrick describes the harrowing second. He ducked and coated, attempting to guard his very important organs as the bear grabbed him. At one level throughout the assault, Patrick says he heard a pop. The bear had bitten into the can of bear spray he had in his arms, and it did its job.
Patrick was left in a pepper-spray haze, however he was alive. He was capable of get ahold of his spouse, an ENT. She instructed him to makeshift tourniquets for his wounded legs. When assist arrived, Patrick begged the primary responders, “Please don’t kill the bear.”
Learn Patrick’s account of the grizzly bear assault (continued within the feedback part) right here, together with the kind of bear spray he had on board:
He wrote: “The primary factor that saved me alive throughout the assault was studying and understanding what to do within the occasion of a bear assault and being ready with the bear spray. Although I’m not certain if I received to spray any on the bear, having it on me and maintaining it in my arms whereas defending my vitals 100% is the one cause I’m telling my story now.”
Fortunately, Patrick and the bear each walked away from the encounter. In Patrick’s phrases, the bear was simply “defending her cub.”
